Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
I want to address the issue of our changed venue. We were originally scheduled to be in room 112 North in the Centre Block, but I understand there was some sort of situation going on with a filibuster in procedure and House affairs. That's how we wound up here. At any rate, there was some fancy footwork, and I imagine we'll have a few more members straggling in as a result of that. We shall see.
I am going to introduce our witnesses, and they'll have a chance to present. After that, I wish to inform the committee of a victory of sorts at the Liaison Committee.
For our continuing study of the veterans health care review and the veterans independence program, our witnesses today are from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind--Catherine Moore, national director of consumer and government relations, and Bernard Nunan, a researcher-writer at the CNIB national office here in Ottawa.
I presume the clerk has told you that you have 20 minutes. You can split that up as you see fit. One can take 20, both can take 10--again, as you see fit. We're generally pretty accommodating and flexible for witnesses. After the presentation we'll move to a far more rigid formula for members asking questions.
With that, the floor is yours.